Fare-register



(No'Modell) L. A. TOUGHET.

FARE REGISTER,

No. 278,754. Patented June 5,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

LoUIs A. TOUOHET, on CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,754, dated June5,-1883.

' Application filed December 15, 1882. (No model.)

' Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, State sant with such mattersfrom of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Fare-Registers, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an isometrical view of myimproved register with the cover removed; Fig. 2, a verticallongitudinal section of the same, taken on the line at in Fig. 1; Fig.3, a top plan view, showing the register with the cover removed; Fig. 4,a vertical section taken on the line 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 5, an elevationand section of the center rollers; Fig. 6, a sectional view of thecheck-strip, and Fig. 7 a view of a ticket or check.

.Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates more especially to that class of fare-registerswhich are designed for use on horse railways; and it consists in a novelconstruction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully setforth and claimed, by which a more effective device of this character isproduced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all converthe following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the case or box of the register, and B thestrap by which itis suspended when in use.

Mounted horizontally in proper bearings in p the center of the case,near its top, aretwo roll ers, C D. These rollers are provided withintermeshing e r m m, and with corresponding longitu inal grooves orcavities d d, as seen in Fig. 2, and are designed to turn inwardly, asshown by the arrows thereon, being prevented from turning in theopposite direction by proper ratchet mechanism. (Not shown.)

At either side of the rollers G D, and journaled horizontally in thetopof the case, there is a pair of rollers, F G, provided with a series ofprojecting points, Z 5, arranged in corrc-- sponding rows in parallelismwith the axial lines ofthc rollers, and at equal distances apart. Theserollers are designed to turn outwardly, as shown by the arrows thereon,and are prevented'from turning in an opposite direction by the ratchetsa a.

A roller, H, carrying the paper check-strip J, is journaled in theinterior of the case A, the strip passing upwardly between the rollers FG, as seen in Fig. 4, it being understood that each pair of theserollers is provided with a corresponding strip, but of different colors,

one being used for cash and the other for ticket fares, as hereinafterexplained.

The central roller D is provided with a cam, f, and toothed segment orrack the rack having a tail-piece, o, fitted to slide in the slot 20,and with a spring, q, in such a manner as to force the same outwardlybeyond the periphery of the roller D and withdraw the head z of the rackwithin said periphery, as required.

A small bell, a, provided with a hammer or Striker, 19, is mounted inthe upper part of the case, one end of the striker being arranged tointerinesh with the toothed rack g.

A lever, K, is pivoted at r to the partition 0, and is jointed at ttothe lever L, which is also pivoted at x to said partition. The lever Lis provided with a horizontallyarranged arm, M, having a point at itsouter end which engages the steel tape T by means of a series of smallholes, 16, punched in said tape, (see Fig. 3,) the tape being designedto register the number of fares taken, the holes therein being numberedconsecutively from 1 to 500, and the tape wound on pulleys 1 1 andcarried over the guide-pulleys 4 4., as seen in Fig. 2.

The rollers G are provided with type 10, as. shown in Fig. 3, forimpressing or printing;

proper dates on the check-slips J.

. Aknob or pull, N, attached to a sliding bar, 1?, projects through aslot in the top of the box, said bar being provided at either end with aflexible strip, h, adapted by means of inclined ratchet-teeth (notshown) on its under side to engage and act upon the roller 0 in such amanner that when the knob is moved outwardly in its slot in the coversaid strips will slip over said roller and not turn it; but when movedupwardly in said slot they will engage with said roller and cause it toturninwardly, as indicated by its arrow, the roller Dbeing also turnedby means of the connecting-gears m.

In the use of my improvement, when a cash fare is taken of a passengerby the conductor, the cashstrip J, corresponding therewith, is pulledupward between its rollers F G and one of the checks Q torn off andgiven to the passenger, the coupon S of the check being inserted betweenthe rollers G D and forced into the box by means of the knob N. As thecheck passes downwardly into the box the knob N is moved to turn therollers, bringing the end 1) of the rack 9 against the ticket andforcing the head 2 of the rack outwardly, eausing it to engage thehammer p and ring the bell n, the cam f at the same time striking thelever L above the pivot a: and causing the lower end of the lever K toswinginwardly, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, therebypermitting the coupon to fall into the lower compartment, R, of the box,from which it cannot be removed by the conductor, the lever M at thesame time moving the tape T and registering the fare.

When a ticket is taken in payment of fare the ticket itself is passedinto the box between the rollers C D in the same manner as described forthe coupon S, and a check is then torn from the corresponding strip, J,or ticketslip, and given to the passenger, it being understood that thecheeks on the strip for ticketfares are not provided with coupons, thisnot being necessary, as the ticket itself takes the place of the couponS used in collecting a cash-fare.

A dog or hook, 'i, is pivoted to the interior of the case A and ridesagainst the slip J as the same is withdrawn, as seen in Fig. 1; but nearthe lower end of the strip a piece is cut therefrom, as shown at 14, andwhen the hook reaches this point it drops and hooks into one of a seriesof holes, I), in the roller G, thereby locking the rollers F G, eachpair of the strip-rollers being provided with one of these hooks.

The coupon cash-checks shown in Fig. 6 and also the strip of checks usedfor ticket fares are both designed to be printed with advertising-cards,and thus prove a source of revenue to the company or read using theregister.

The front of the case A should be of glass, in order that the ticketsmay be readily seen as they drop into the compartment R, and saidcompartment and also the cover of the box should be locked, the keysbeing kept at the office of the company or road using the box.

As the strips J are drawn between their respective rollers the points Zengage said strips between the checks or on the lines 0, Fi 6, the rowsof points being spaced to accomplish this when the rollers are turned bythe strip passing between the same, as described.

From the foregoing. it will be seen that the strips J prevent theconductor or person using the box from defrauding the road, the numberof checks torn from the strips indicating the number of fares taken,whether the same are in tickets or cash, the boxes being furnished tothe conductor provided with strips and so arranged as to be inaccessibleexcept for the purpose of removing the detached checks, as described. Itwill also be obvious that the bell or alarm mechanism and the depositingof the tickets and coupons in the box afford additional means ofsecurity or serve as a safeguard against cheating by the conductor.

The obj eet of thelongitudinal slots or grooves (1 cl is to form jawsfor receiving and grasping the ticket or coupon as it is insertedbetween the rollers C D on its way to the box, and the object of thegroove m is to permit the tail piece 7) of the rack g to pass into thesame as the roller D revolves when the ticket or coupon is not insertedby the conductor, thereby preventing the bell a from ringing, and thusnotifying the passenger of any attempt to cheat on the part of theconductor.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is l. In afare-register, the. rollers D, bell a, rack g, cam f, and levers L K,combined and arranged to operate substantially as specified.

2. In a fare-register, the hook i, in combina tion with the roller (3-and strip J, having the notch 14-, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

3. The improved fare-register described, the same consisting of the caseA, central. rollers, (J D, having on either side the rollers F G, thebell a, levers L K, striker p, cam f, rack y, hook '1', strips J, andoperative mechanism therefor, all constructed, combined, and arranged tooperate substantially as specified.

4. In a farea-cgister, the roller 0, provided with the groove m, incombination with the springrack y and roller D, substantially as setforth.

LOUIS A. TOUCHET.

Witnesses:

C. A. SHAW,

H. E. Mn'rcarr.

